Ever failed to fix someone's presenting complaint they came in with but they keep coming back? Me too. One especially that comes to mind, from over a decade ago, was someone with alopecia. She's still in my care. And that's despite the fact that she never grew thicker...
The new season of 'Alone' is out & the contenders are all from our community: Nats, Nuts & Herbalists. Who's likely to last longest?😅 I've been entertaining myself with this idea ever since I attended an inspiring interactive workshop at the recent NHAA...
Sounds were emanating not just from me, but from everyone around me, at my table. Admittedly, I was sitting with some very seasoned practitioners, no doubt skewing how representative the sample was of our entire profession, however, at least one thing was clear....
But chances are you know very little. This is especially true of the parasocial relationships we experience with lots of different people - not just those we've never met. You might have been in the same room as them, talked to them, and on more than one occasion....
Overly responsible for everyone else from a young age. Parentified even. Dependable to the point of invisibility. If you’re a Swifty, you know where this is headed, but for the rest of us: welcome to Eldest-daughter Syndrome and, strangely enough, to the story of...
Tenacity (adj.) the quality of being very determined, persistent, and unwilling to give up, even when facing difficult challenges, setbacks, or opposition. Sounds admirable right? You might think unworthy of a 'toxic' title. Might even think, here we go, here's her...
Just in case you were worried I'd forgotten our April episode...never!!! I've been busy, and for some time now, mulling over the medicine we offer our patients that is beyond the bottle...in the form of our capacity to communicate their Mattering, increase their...
We're in the grip of a podcast plague. I'm serious - everyone has one. Have you checked the children?! Not to ensure they're safe in bed but to be certain they're not broadcasting from there 🙃😆 And podcasts have now gone AV! We're able to watch people speak!! It's...
What unites you as a family? For me, my kids & their partners, it's humour & the more absurd & unexpected the better. Know the type? You spend most of the show asking yourself, 'Is this the show?!' Confused as to whether you should laugh because you're...
It's 2004 & I'm practicing from South Melbourne when one of my patients comes in with a few pages of test results she wonders if I want to take a look at. I'd love to of course but the 'language of labs' was not taught in naturopathy back then, so it all just...
But does it make you doubt yourself & all your knowledge when it does? When you personally suffer a health condition, from the small to the significant, does it always come with a double diagnosis; a bad bout of imposter syndrome being added for good measure? Do...
Take a moment to reflect honestly on your (ouch!), or alternatively 'our' collective (if that's more comfortable) opinions over time regarding each of these: Butter. Coffee. Spinach. Red meat. I could go on and on...and tragically, on some more. The total number of...
Anyone else? Or should that be...'Everyone else?' 🙄 Because if I had a dollar for every cracking encounter I've had with people that included this line, I wouldn't be writing this line - so too, if I'd been persuaded by the push-back against this lovely little legume....
I've been talking lately about my own perimenopause experience & I've been listening to others do the same when suddenly it occurred to me that when these conversations happen - women all around lean in. Physically, mentally, emotionally, biologically. While for...
I often feel on the outer even among my peers. I recall a period during which I was a regular invited speaker at an event, where I was increasingly the odd one out from the others & their escalating unified chant of the same single solution: the GAPS diet. I could...
Completely breaking up would have been easier for everyone. But cutting the cord isn't an option because she's everywhere. She remains essential, beneficial & yes, indicated in some patients as part of their prescription. But her 'toxic nature', exposed via excess...
The iron options available to us have undergone a 'Grand-Designs-Scale' reno. And whether your taste is for supplements that offer more food-like forms (I'm thinking an off-grid rammed earth, built into a hill) or you welcome nutrition borrowing from the best that...
It always does! Turns out I rely heavily on those last few days of every month to get my homework done in time 😦 as many of my 11th hour Update and Under 30 timestamps will attest to! And this month (as is the case every other month tbh) I felt the topic was so...
While we're on the topic of perimenopause -and will we ever get off it btw because quite frankly there's so much that needs to be said?!- I need to bang the drum some more about bone health & our role in that. During our recent all-things-peri-education-event I...
It's 2022 and I am celebrating my 50th with friends. Within just a few months of this I have left a 14 year long relationship & relocated to a new town where I know no one. Next up, I'm undertaking an 11 day solo hike across the island of Kythira in Greece and at...
Just back from my 6th...🤔 or 7th... trip to Vietnam. But this one was different - made all the more special, as I was visiting family🤗 Which meant I got to eat and enjoy things, I myself, despite being there so often, was never previously game to try mostly due to the...
Not just differently in terms of how we view other peoples' success but also how we recognise it within ourselves, or where we perceive ourselves to be in relationship to that 'goal'. Our 'identifiers' will be as unique as we are. What we've had modelled within our...
Seriously, hold my beer. A pattern has come to my attention that warrants calling out. A social media manosphere of sorts. You see I have these 'Facebook fellas', let's just say, who appear out of nowhere, as in, they are not people I know, not in truth even my peers,...